Nigerian Army Rolls Out Telephone Hotlines To Checkmate Election Violence

By Frank Oshanugor

In line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent warning against any form of violence or misconduct during the forthcoming general elections, the Nigerian Army (NA) has gone

some steps ahead to provide telephone hotlines through which the army could be reached to forestall any breach prior, during or after the election.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu said “in an effort to effectively carry out its constitutional mandate of providing support to civil authorities and working in synergy with the Nigeria Police (NP) to ensure protection of lives and property during the forthcoming 2023 elections, the Nigerian Army (NA) has approved a list of Hotlines to monitor and report any suspicious act or acts of violence by unscrupulous persons or group of persons capable of disrupting the peaceful conduct of the 2023 general election, as well as the conduct of troops deployed to provide security during the election.”

According to him, “this is part of NA’s move to support the lead security agency, the NP for the successful conduct of free, fair and peaceful elections.

“It could be recalled that the NA had earlier produced and circulated Codes of Conduct and Rules of Engagement for Operation Safe Conduct to formations and Units to provide guidance and ensure that troops operate within the provisions of the codes and rules.”

For prompt action, “members of the general public are please enjoined to call the phone numbers below in their various states

including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja to report any security breach during the elections.

1. ABIA STATE 08031113129
2. ADAMAWA STATE 08022750987
3. AKWA-IBOM STATE 07034470916
4. ANAMBRA STATE 07035891185
5. BAUCHI STATE 08128063675
6. BAYELSA STATE 08033241005
7. BENUE STATE 08080754339
8. BORNO STATE 09099616160
   08086987079
9. CROSS RIVER STATE 08037084192
10. DELTA STATE 07035070797
11. EBONYI STATE
    08158274048
12. EDO STATE
    09066325953
13. EKITI STATE
    08037851448
14. ENUGU STATE
    09032102212
    08023097458
15. GOMBE STATE
    07063908779 08082557782
16. IMO STATE
    07034907427
17. JIGAWA STATE
    07017791414 08100144363
18. KADUNA STATE
    07031544227 08028580978 08035242633
19. KANO STATE
    08038432656
20. KASTINA STATE
    08108854061
    09012998054
21. KEBBI STATE
    09130213661
22. KOGI STATE
    08033217964
23. KWARA STATE
    09060001270
24. LAGOS STATE
    08034025825 08023190487 09024409000 08033709434
25. NASSARAWA STATE
    09051009404
26. NIGER STATE
    07031346425
27. OGUN STATE
    09116589494
28. ONDO STATE
    08036130535
29. OSUN STATE
    09019683922
30. OYO STATE
    07047703000
31. PLATEAU STATE
    08037116395 07031260622
32. RIVERS STATE
    08064274222
33. SOKOTO STATE
    07069084570 07052693532 08136913284
34. TARABA STATE
    08136728969 08060902363
35. YOBE STATE
    08061397656
36. ZAMFARA STATE
    08140075541
37. FCT
    09114913164 08186690471 08079153860 08034276240 08164304255 09159793968